World News Digest
'Prepare for war': North Korea's Kim appeal to nation ahead of U.S. drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said Saturday, as Pyongyang ramps...
12 years after US-led invasion, Iraq re-opens famed national museum
Iraq’s national museum officially reopened on Saturday after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 pieces looted...
Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, 91, still in intensive care, health improves
The condition of Singapore’s 91-year-old founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, has improved slightly as he remains on life support in intensive care, the...
Jailed Kurd rebel leader calls on militants to attend talks with Turkey
Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his followers to attend a conference on disarmament, according to a statement on Saturday, a crucial step...
Shot in the back: Critic of Putin murdered on streets of Moscow
Boris Nemtsov, the former Russian deputy prime minister and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, has died after being shot four times by a passing car in Moscow.
Potty for Potter: Mexican has largest collection of boy wizard memorabilia
Menahem Asher Silva Vargas (pictured, left) started collecting Harry Potter items 15 years ago, when he was 12.
Two elephants slaughtered for Mugabe’s 91st birthday party
Zimbabwe’s controversial president Robert Mugabe is preparing for a lavish birthday party on Saturday at which 20,000 guests will feast on two young...
Silencing dissent: Opposition leader’s death sparks outrage in Russia
Opposition activists and ordinary liberal-minded Russians were plunged into mourning Saturday, posting tributes to 55-year-old politician and Boris Nemtsov...
Silencing dissent: Opposition leader’s death sparks outrage in Russia
Opposition activists and ordinary liberal-minded Russians were plunged into mourning Saturday, posting tributes to 55-year-old politician and Boris Nemtsov...
Going for growth: India outlines budget aimed at boosting investment
India’s finance minister has announced his government’s new budget, promising a slew of measures that attempt to balance welfare spending with...
Mexico captures Knights Templar drug cartel leader ‘La Tuta’
Mexican federal police captured Knights Templar drug cartel leader Servando Gomez on Friday, taking down one of the country’s most wanted fugitives...
Shot in the back: Outspoken critic of Putin gunned down on streets of Moscow
Boris Nemtsov, the former Russian deputy prime minister and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, has died after being shot four times by a passing car in Moscow.
'We will disappoint them': Greek prime minister rules out third bailout
Greece’s new radical left government has no intention of seeking another bailout deal from international creditors and will spend coming months trying...
Outspoken Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead
Boris Nemtsov, the former Russian deputy prime minister and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, has died after being shot four times by a passing car in Moscow,...
Healthy increase in wild panda numbers in China
Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. According to a census by China’s State Forestry Administration, the panda population has grown by 268...
Knights Templar found: Mexico’s most wanted drug cartel leader captured
Mexican federal police captured Knights Templar drug cartel leader Servando Gomez on Friday, taking down one of the country’s most wanted fugitives...
Mexico’s ‘I’m tired now’ attorney general steps down
Mexico’s much-maligned attorney general, who has faced public anger over the investigation into the presumed slaughter of 43 students, stepped down...
Greek prime minister rules out third bailout
Greece’s new radical left government has no intention of seeking another bailout deal from international creditors and will spend coming months trying...
#TheDress company: White-and-gold version now in the works
#TheDress conversations continued into the weekend over the photo of a dress that look blue and black to some people and white and gold to others.
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow
Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader, was shot and killed in Moscow Saturday, officials said.
U.S., Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp
U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc’s Ebola drug ZMapp,...
Well-educated ‘Jihadi John’ no surprise to experts
The profile of “Jihadi John,” the university-educated Londoner whose masked face is emblematic of the grisly executions by the Islamic State...
Now it’s Miss Whiplash but Madonna denies Brits fall was a publicity stunt
Madonna has denied her fall at the Brit Awards was a publicity stunt and said she has received treatment for whiplash injuries. The 56-year-old star attracted...
2022 World Cup final ‘no later than’ December 18, says FIFA chief Blatter
FIFA president Sepp Blatter (pictured) insists the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will be played no later than 18 December.
The best business in Iraq: Kurdish gunsmith profits on civil war
Bahktiyar Sadr-Aldeen has seen his business shoot up by 50% since last June, when the Islamic State group took over the Mosul.
Revealed: First picture of ‘Jihadi John’ as an adult
The first known photograph has emerged of Mohammed Emwazi - the Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” - as an adult. The image of...
Facebook rolls out suicide-prevention feature for concerned friends
Facebook is rolling out a new suicide-prevention feature. If you spot a worrisome post from a Facebook friend, there will now be an option to report it. Facebook...
Gary Glitter faces rest of his life in prison after being jailed for 16 years
Former glam rocker Gary Glitter faces the prospect of dying in prison after being jailed for 16 years for a string of historical sex attacks on three...
The big melt: Warming in Antarctica could raise world’s oceans by 3m
Massive ice flows are entering the world’s oceans and could raise sea levels 3 metres worldwide in a century or two, reforming heavily-populated...
UK’s second Ebola vaccine ready for testing and could be in Africa this year
The UK’s second Ebola vaccine is being fast-tracked to start testing in Africa in the coming weeks. The trial, at the Oxford Vaccine Group, consists...
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